[debian stretch] postfix package installation try to autoremove ecryptfs-utils (???)
Hi all
I wanted to install postfix email server on my stretch but I noticed thai it wants to auto remove my ecryptfs-utils. It is terrifying since i use encrypted home. Anybody can guess what is going on here? |
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If you would rather solve your problem than play guessing games, then post the output, not what you think it means.
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> sudo apt-get install postfix |
Well, there is a lot going on there that doesn't seem related to a postfix install - how long since you updated your system? (testing is a constantly moving target)
Any foreign sources? Probably best to forget postfix for the moment and get your system into a sane state first. After updating, try 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or 'aptitude full-upgrade' Aptitude is often better at resolving big dependency lists and offering better options (although I don't think it's installed by default in stretch anymore...) It can also do stuff like 'aptitude why-not ecryptfs-utils'. |
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apt-get install debian-handbook 11.1. Mail Server |
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Only 2 foreign sources: http://linux.dropbox.com/debian/ http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ Quote:
Who knows - maybe one day another package will try to do the same. I tried with some other random package and it didn't try to remove my ecryptfs :) Quote:
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> aptitude why-not ecryptfs-utils |
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why not try to fix your system NOW? a simple Code:
apt update also, "only" dropbox and google repos? i know they're widely used, but that doesn't make them kosher. |
Also, they will likely be for stable, so there could be incompatabilites with the updated packages in testing.
As for postfix removing ecryptfs-tools, there will be a cascading chain of dependencies of postfix that, since you are some months behind current, likely call for updating a bunch of packages to the current versions that are newer than you have installed. apt-get is a fairly blunt instrument and if the easy way to satisfy the chain is to remove ecryptfs-tools then that is what it will propose. As stated, aptitude is much better at this and the ncurses interface is excellent for investigating this type of issue (which, as you are running your own personal mix of outdated packages, is your job, not anyone elses). |
Hi again
Last time I tried to apt-get upgrade it tried to introduce many scary critical and grave bugs, and since I don't want to struggle with broken system twice I'm rather for upgrading once, when stretch becomes stable. Frankly speaking, excluding this strange ecryptfs issue, my system is fairly stable, so I'm not in a hurry. Of course I'd like to diagnose the issue (for both: safety and own satisfaction) if possible but not necessarily fix it now if the fixing might cause additional headache. I'll try to learn more about aptitude and its diagnostic tools. Thanks all. |
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